John Bibb Tate memoir, 1921-1983.

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John Bibb Tate memoir, 1921-1983.

This memoir covers the chronological period 1921 through 1983 and focuses primarily on John Bibb Tate's ministry in the North Georgia Conference. Some of the more prominent appointments discussed in the memoir are his appointments as Wesley Foundation Director at the University of Georgia (1931-36) and as pastor of First Methodist of College Park (1940-44), First Methodist of Marietta (1944-48), First Methodist of LaGrange (1948-53), and St. Mark Methodist, Atlanta (1953-57). He also relates his experiences as District Superintendent of the LaGrange District (1960-1966), his joint appointment as pastor of Allen Memorial Church and Director of Religious Life on the campus of Oxford College of Emory University, and his time as interim District Superintendent of the LaGrange district in 1977.

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The Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (M.E.C.) was organized at the church's General Conference of 1830. The members met for the first time in Macon, Georgia, in 1831. Within a few years the church began to struggle with the issue of slavery. Unable to reach an agreement, the church divided in 1844 and the slave-holding states formed the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (M.E.C.,S.). In 1866 the Georgia Conference of the M.E.C.,S. was divided into the ...

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Tate, John Bibb.

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John Bibb Tate was a Methodist minister who served in the North Georgia Conference for approximately 41 years. The son of a Methodist minister, he was one of four brothers. His older brothers Henry L. Tate and James E. Tate were both Methodist ministers. His younger brother was William Betts Tate. Tate married Nettie Springfield Tate on July 18, 1929. They had two sons, John B. Tate, Jr. (March 23, 1932) and Sidney Springfield Tate (July 22, 1935). Nettie Tate died on Oc...

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